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DIY: Cupcake Soaps
Soap Queen never fails to post tutorials on how to create the cutest soaps, including cupcake soaps. This tutorial utilizes Bramble Berry’s new cupcake mold.
Tutorial: Fast and easy reversible drawstring bags
Holly from Domestic Dork and The Year of Sewing shares a tutorial for making a reversible drawstring bag. This project sews up fast and can be made in just about any dimension. You can use the bags to store small … Read More...
Video tutorial: Sew easier buttonholes with a buttonhole foot
Buttonholes in sewing… they can’t be avoided. Sooner or later you’ll encounter a sewing project that requires at least one buttonhole. Kathleen from Grosgrain and The Tumtum Tree shares a video tutorial that shows how a special buttonhole foot can … Read More...
Project: Stamped Acetate Pocket Card
(image by Hero Arts)
Join Shari Carroll on the Hero Arts blog for a fun video tutorial and learn how to make this lovely stamped acetate pocket card. Click here for the video.
-Heather
New Feature! Recipe Tuesday. And What is “Edible Crafts” Anyway?
Trying to define “edible crafts” is part of the fun of this job. But it’s tricky. I often opt for foods that are manipulated to look like other things, foods made for gifts or with clever packaging, unique kitchen tools, … Read More...
Cute, Cute, Cute!
This free pattern for a dinosaur sweater will be a favorite for your young-in’s!
And an awesome stash buster project.
And think of the fun you’ll have shopping for buttons.
And how cool would it be to come up with … Read More...
Squiddy, free knit-felting pattern from Berroco
I know my new Grandson Weston, now almost 5 months old, would love to this Squiddy to play with because he could hang onto all Sduiddy’s tentacles. I would embroider the eyes and use wool that has minimal pilling because … Read More...
Free pattern: Sundress for the Dolly Donation girl doll
**The PDF file has been fixed and should print correctly. Now that it’s sized correctly, turn OFF page scaling. The dress skirt should be 5 inches wide when printed correctly.**
My pledge for the Craft Gossip Dolly Donation Challenge was … Read More...
Tutorial: Fit a shirt to your shape with a basic alteration
So you have a shirt that is cute enough but doesn’t fit quite right? Assuming that it fits through the shoulders and arms, you can easily take in the sides to make it fit you better. Liz Copeland explains how. … Read More...
Sugarplum Sorbet. With Champagne. And Amazing Photos.
Find the recipe for Sugarplum Champagne Sorbet–along with the trials and tribulations of concocting these beauties and ridiculously gorgeous photography–HERE at zested.
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Soaps That Rock
Learn how to create these lovely rock soaps on the Soap Queen blog!
Tutorial: Stamping with Water-based Products
Learn three different ways to used water-based products (like watercolour crayons) to achieve dreamy stamping effects. Click here to go to tutorial on It Takes it Kinds
Vegetarian Approved Meat!
The picture says it all, doesn’t it?
Actually, though, there’s more to it. Stephanie Casper, while working on a campaign idea for a yarn company, decided to explore fun ways to use yarn, and this was the result. There’s more, … Read More...
Tutorial: Ruffle neck sleeveless top refashion
Paige from Pink Lemonade and Simply Handmade guest blogs over at Sew Much Ado with a tutorial showing how to update the look of a longsleeved top. She cuts off the arms to make it sleeveless and then adds a … Read More...
Tutorial: Create puffy, ruched t-shirt sleeves
Heather from Crafty Schemes shows how to create a puffy, ruched effect on t-shirt sleeves. She started with a long-sleeved tee, then shortened the sleeves and made them all gathered and puffy. What a cute sleeve detail!! Go to the … Read More...
Tutorial: Ruffle Table Runner
Stephanie from Under the Table and Dreaming shows how to make this lovely table runner with ruffles at either end. A solid color fabric keeps the design simple and shows off the ruffles. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from … Read More...
Sale: Cherry on Top Stamping and Scrapbooking
Visit Cherry on Top and enter code: SCS at check out to save 20% off everything in their online shop (except digi stamps) from now until 8/31.
-Heather
8-Ball Cupcakes
Well, minus the 8-ball as black sprinkles are a tough find in non-Halloween months. As a (former, thanks a lot kid) pool player myself I couldn’t resist posting these pool hall cupcakes. Check them out HERE at A Crafty Escape… Read More...
Live Show from CHA on Scrapbook Update
Today, Tuesday July 27th, 2010, Nancy Nally will be broadcasting live from the floor of the Craft and Hobby Association (CHA) show in Chicago. The show starts at 4 pm CDT and will run for two hours. Click here for … Read More...